Collars



l l s l l l I s; W. HIWARDLOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 83,893, dated November 10,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN COATIN 'G- AND WATER-PROOFING- COLLARS, C'DPPS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OI WEARING-APPAREL.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. W. H. WARD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Method for Rendering Water-Proof Certain Articles of Wearing-Apparel and I hereby declare the following to beat full and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to render articles of wearing-apparel, constructed of paper and cloth, or of paper uncombined with cloth, sufliciently water-proof for all purposes and uses to which such temporary articles of apparel are usually subjected, so that they may remain uninjured by perspiration while being worn, and so that, when soiled by wear, they may be cleansed without injury to the structure or appearance of the article or garment. I

I take white glue, or its equivalent, and dissolve it in the milk of any animal, first reducing said milk in bulk to a considerable extent, say one-half, by the evaporation of its watery particles. I then add to this condensed lacteal solution of glue a suflicient quantity of whiting, Paris-white, zinc-white, or any pure white pigment, to make the mass of about the consistency of cream; This I' then apply, while warm, by means of a brush or otherwise, to one or both surfaces of the paper, or combined paper and cloth, from which the article of apparel-is designed to be cut.

The fabric is thus rendered practically water-proof, and the article made therefrom may be worn on the person for several days without being injured by the perspiration of the body, and, when soiled by wear, it

may he cleansed by passing over its surface a sponge saturated with pure water, or with a solution of soap and water, and thereby the usefulness of the collar or other article is essentially prolonged. I In employing this method of wate -proofing for articles compounded of cloth and paper, I prefer toapply the mixture to the two surfaces of both the cloth and paper before uniting them, as the complete saturation of each fabric separately insures a more perfectly waterproof compound fabric, while the adhesive properties of the compound secure a perfect and practically indissoluble union of the two substances.

I therefore claim the described means of rendering collars, bosoms, cuffs, and other articles of wearingapparel composed of paper, or compounded of cloth and paper, water-proof.

Witnesses: S. W. H. WARD.

Wmmn Hoenns, Omnns H. SMYTH. 

